ephialtes manifestator, an ichneumon wasp, is drilling into wood to its lay eggs into larvae of beetles.
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A giant wasp withdrawing her ovipositor from the bark of a tree. She lays her eggs on the larva of bark beetles.taken 9/9/06,Severson Dells, Rockford,Il.
